מִשְׁעֵן
mishʻên · mish-ane'
a support (concretely), i.e. (figuratively) a protector or sustenance
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִשְׁעָן; from H8172 (שָׁעַן);
a support (concretely), i.e. (figuratively) a protector or sustenance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: stay.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to see and know › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁעֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was my stay2 · 40%
- the stay1 · 20%
- the whole stay1 · 20%
- stay1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.